What if your baby doesn't like whole milk?

Question

My baby is turning a year old on Feb. 2nd and I'm trying to wean him from infant formula to whole milk. And so far its not so good! He will take a sip of it and realize its not his formula and spit it out and then throw his cup/ bottle whichever one I put it in. So I'm not sure what to do. Someone Please help me!:)

Answer 1

Unless your baby is breast feeding, he has no requirement for milk, especially cow's milk. He's smarter than most people in that he won't drink the stuff. Thumbs up for the kid.

Humans are the only animal that drinks milk past infancy, and then it's not even from the correct species! Too many people are still trying to defend milk's supposed health benefits. Unfortunately, they are either using old information or information obtained from research funded by the dairy association. How many people would enjoy a glass of dog's milk or rat's milk? What makes cows special?

There are only two reasons which I've found to support humans drinking cow's milk. We have grown up hearing that it's good for us and we've grown accustomed to the taste and texture. There is absolutely no nutrition that can not be obtained elsewhere, minus the negatives. Calcium seems to be the major claim for milk. It can be found elsewhere in green vegetables, almonds, and many other sources. Where do you think the cows obtain the calcium to put into the milk? Where do other larger animals (elephants, horses, deer, whales, etc) get calcium? Why we continue to drink cow's milk laced with growth hormones, antibiotics, and who knows what else is beyond me.

Since I've given up drinking milk about 5 years ago my health has greatly improved. I suffer fewer allergy problems, asthma and breathing problems are greatly reduced, I'm sleeping better, and I have more energy.

In the '50s smoking was considered harmless but now we realize its dangers. One person at a time and eventually the truth will become widely known that cow's milk is only for baby cows. Milk is indeed the perfect food, but only for infants of the proper species.

Do some research online and decide for yourself.
http://www.strongbones.org/
http://www.notmilk.com/
http://www.nomilk.com/

Answer 2

Some babies take to the taste of whole milk straight the first time it is offered, but most need a gradual adjustment to it. When transitioning to whole milk, it is also a good time to eliminate the bottle and go straight to a cup. Reduce the amount of formula by an ounce and add an ounce of whole milk at first. The taste will not be too drastic of a change for him. After a few days, decrease the amount of formula and add more milk. It should take a month or less of this gradually mixing less formula with more whole milk before he is on whole milk all the time. Between 1-2 years old, the fat content in the whole milk is crucial to the brain development of growing toddlers. Do not offer him 2 % or anything else but whole until after he is 2 years old or at his pediatrician's advice.

Answer 3

Its okay that is totally normal. My baby went through the same thing. What I did was one morning she wanted a cup (she was on cups at 10 months) of formula and I put some milk in there and at first she wouldn't take it but I said you not getting anything else today until you drink this milk. About a hour to an hour and half went by and she realized that I wasn't playing she finally got her cup and drunk the milk and she was fine. But it takes time. Don't compromise with the baby at night or in the morning are the best times to try that also when you do make sure the baby is in the crib or playpen b/c they can't get out and after bout an hour they will try it. I did the same thing when I took her off of bottles gave her the cup and wouldn't give her nothing else and after a while she took it.

Answer 4

I was taught to mix the formula and the milk. For the First week do 3/4 formula 1/4 Milk. Second week. Half and Half. Third Week 3/4 milk 1/4 formula. Then try the full bottle of Milk. This worked with my daughter, I was having a really hard time trying to wean her also. Good Luck.

Answer 5

Looks like we're having same problem, i have baby she's turning 1 also on Feb 14. and she won't take whole milk as well, i am still working on that but it's hard believe me. She'll eat other foods but not drink the milk..I am trying to mix with formula for while to see how is gonna go, you can try doing that too if you think it's the good idea..it's worth to try..Good luck and happy birthday to your baby...

Answer 6

Try doing 1/2 and 1/2 for a while or even 6 oz of formula and 2 oz of milk and go from there. Or try warming the milk, maybe its to cold. doing teh 1/2 nad 1/2 for a while should work.

Answer 7

Slow the transition down. Start with 1/8 milk and the rest formula. Every 2 days, change the proportion. So day 1, 1 ounce milk and 7 ounce of formula. Day 3, 2 oz milk and 6 oz of formula and so on. Babies have very particular tastes, he just needs to be acclimated to it's taste and texture.

Answer 8

Try mixing it at first. So start with 3 parts formula, 1 part milk. Do that for a week. Then do 2 parts form., 2 parts milk, for a week. Then 1 part form, 3 parts milk, and then all milk.

Answer 9

Try 2 percent it is the same consistency of formula whole milk is thicker than formula. Our peditrician said to slowly do half and half formula and milk and then slowly replace the formula with more milk

Answer 10

My son hated homo milk too so I gave him 2% for the first month just to get him to like milk and then I started to switch to homo milk and by that time he couldn't tell the diference.
Do you heat the formula? I found that when I switched my daughter to homo milk from nursing she had to have it warm just like mommy's milk. Give it a try!